ZIP 49908 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Baraga County, Michigan's ZIP 49908 registers 9/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as minimal. The most distinctive pressure shows up in construction/permit lag (77/100), structural risk (23/100), mortgage stress (7/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (7/100) and institutional ownership (3/100). Structural exposure scores 23 and live distress 2 on the 0–100 scale.

The expansion-phase market in 49908 posted values that rose 6.4% over the year, and 26% higher over three years, at 37/100 phase confidence. Rising prices can mask pockets of distress, where per-parcel scoring earns its keep.

There are about 1,348 housing units across 49908. 12.9% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Home values center near $130,300, an affordability ratio of 2.0× — accessible. Median household income is $56,985, below the U.S. median near $78,000. Population is roughly 3,208 with a median age of 39. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 26/100. Owners hold 66% of homes, renters 34%. Rent burden reaches 17% of tenant households. Vacancy runs 20.2%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. Educational attainment sits at 12% bachelor's-or-above.

On the whole, 49908 leans distressed, with opportunity clustered in specific stressed parcels. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.